Library Updated - 6578 files

Today, the library was updated to 6578 files.


The additions are in English, Tamil, Hindi, Sanskrit, Telugu, Punjabi, Bengali and Malyalam.


The most notable additions are the stories of Malti Joshi ji in Hindi. For lovers of Hindi literature, this will truly be a treat.


In other news, we are also updating the user interface of the library to be more responsive to the new screenreaders and also to be more friendly for dexterity challenged and low vision users.
There are some technical issues with that, so you may not see the entire list of files, albums and languages right now. We hope to have that sorted by tonight and then


In the meantime, please do listen to her stories in her own voice using these direct links:

https://goo.gl/TRDNGv

https://goo.gl/586FYW

https://goo.gl/okSysy

https://goo.gl/Rj4MBs

https://goo.gl/g4nPYD

https://goo.gl/oB8WUM

https://goo.gl/7bg2kz

https://goo.gl/HXvDmk

https://goo.gl/PWAUUU

https://goo.gl/8XJNoL

https://goo.gl/HcqR8L

The Tamil files shared by our partners - Bhumi have also been added to the library in this release.


We have also found at least 2000 files that were in the drive, but not in the catalog. We became aware of them while preparing for the data porting for the mobile app. The mobile app also now has about 240 files, so it should be good to use. When we port the whole data, we will have to make some upgrades to the app itself too.


Lots of work coming up, most of it internal cleanup. That is always painstaking, detail oriented, and not easy. But very important. Wish us luck!

Library Updated - 6034 to 6293 audio files

Today, we made another release to the online library.


We went from 6034 files to 6293 files.


With this release, we add Assamese and Garhwali languages to the library, and we have waited a long time for this :)


Some of the content you can now enjoy in the online library is:
A. Civil Services exam preparation.
B. GATE exam preparation
C. A lot of content to learn Sanskrit
D. Over 10 new quizzes!
E. Harappan civilisation information in Gujarati
F. Prof. Mohan Singh's poetry in Punjabi
among others....




This addition to the library has content from the following Read Fest partners, in addition to the individual contributors, of course:
A. SOIL
B. Milliman
C. Moody's
D. SAP Labs


Enjoy the new additions!

Online Audio LIbrary updated wiht 100 more files - 5531 files now

In this release, we have added 100 files. This release has the following new additions:
1. Hindi translation of Arthashastra
2. Punjabi stories for children - 3 stories have been added
3. Content from We4You - Oriya academic content
4. Some English novels have been added.


Feel free to browse and see the content here - www.braillecards.org/audio.php

Online Audio Library Current interface

CLABIL Catalog updated!

AND WE DID IT!! After a month of painstakingly listening to hundreds of files, correcting cataloguing errors, removing links to partner files that don't work any more.. the catalog is now updated!! 4916 files currently available...

Here are the main changes that you will observe immediately:
1. Inclusive Planet links removed - all 190 of them.
2. New content added - from our most recent Read Fests, Summer Projects etc.
3. Folders have been rationalised - 2 spellings for the same thing.
4. Hundreds of file entries corrected.
5. Some content has been deleted - Current Affairs that are no longer current, propaganda items etc.

In future, we will be very sensitive to propaganda items. Am sorry, but we have learnt to watch out as a result of this cleanup.

Do check out, the newly refreshed, cleaned up www.braillecards.org/audio.php!

 

Requirement Gathering for Daanotsav

Dear All

For our online audio library in Indian languages - www.braillecards.org/audio.php, we are running a series of Read Fests in various organisations during Daanotsav.

 

During a Read Fest, employees of organisations create audio content which can then be accessed directly and downloaded by anyone without signup or payment. You don't need a screenreader because the content is already in audio. A simple mp3 player or a phone can be used to listen anytime anywhere.

 

The content is available in 16 Indian languages and we are constantly trying to add to the library.

 

If you need any content in any Indian language (or English), Please do share your requirements with us at eshabraille@gmail.com before 07 October 2015.

Read Fest at Copal Amba, Gurgaon - Sep 2015

From Sep 7 - 15, 2015 Copal Amba , a Moody's company, held the "Read Fest" at their Gurgaon office. This was the second Read Fest for Copal, who were also our partners for a Read Fest in 2012.

While we are still counting and cataloguing.. 73 volunteers worked hard to create almost a hundred files.

This goes out to say a Special Thank you! to the volunteers who worked tirelessly to ensure that each volunteer was guided, called only when their time slot appears, everything catalogued and checked.. Thank you.. Anuradha, Inderdev, Lakshmi and Priyanka.. for your unending energy and incredible commitment.

Thank you, too, to the Copal Amba team for making this so special - Neha Narang, Priyom, and their entire team.

Recording audio books for the online audio library

Help from the Control Center Volunteer

Recording is fun, especially for a noble cause.

The tireless control center and Priyom

Being Control Center is a lot of hard work - Inderdev, Anuradha, Lakshmi and Priyanka

Recording Telugu content for the online audio library

The Esha Thank you Cards generated much curiosity, appreciation, and conversation, in that order. All volunteers got one.

Posing with our recording volunteers!

It's that easy!

The enthusiasm of the volunteers, and their happiness, had to be seen to be believed.

As the Daanotsav approaches, we have 3 confirmations for Read Fests across India. Do spread the word. The Read Fest is a lovely way to give back, within our own office/school, and to create something that lasts forever, and can be reused again and again.

The Audio Library is at www.braillecards.org/audio.php.

The content from this Read Fest is likely to be updated before 30th Sep, 2015. We will announce that too!! :)

A major technical change is happening with the online library right now.. keep watching this space for more!

CLABIL Online Library Updated

Hello!

Today we went from 4872 to 4925 files on CLABIL.

All of it is content created by school children as part of the Esha Summer Project.

The delay is caused due to some internal issues around Knowledge Transfer by the outgoing volunteer.

We have added some academic content - created and shared by children. There are some files related to laws in India - we were looking forward to that for quite some time and with this, we officially start the Law in Audio Project. Thank you!

There are also some impressive biographies of MJ, Martin Luther King etc.

Do hop over to the online library to see what else we have added - www.braillecards.org/audio.php